From PewDiePie to the Ludonarrative Dissonance of Entwined

[DayDark]

I've had a lot of fun from watching PDP on youtube, especially in some of his horror videos. He's just a youtube comedian, there's not really much else to it.

 

[SKBPinkie]

I don't find his videos to be that funny, but I have nothing against the guy and I'm genuinely happy that he can make a crapload of money doing something he likes. It's not like he's harming anyone in the process.

That being said, can the people who claim to hate the guy just shut the fuck up already? I get it, trust me. I come here so that I can discuss things that are more interesting than this. I swear - I would pretty much never hear anything about the guy if it weren't for the folks jerking off to how much they hate the guy.

As for the article - I don't think it's jealousy. It seems to be a thing where people hate something if it's popular and it's something they don't like.

 

[shirkbot]

People just seem to hate whatever is popular because they themselves don't like it, if it wasn't popular they would simply not care for it.
I think this especially applies to what is known to be popular with girls, Justin Bieber, One Direction, Twilight. To me it just seems that boys cry louder then girls, I would guess its because more males appear on video/game forum type sites like this.

Just my guess, whatever..

I don't know about volume (audible or quantitative) but I think people hate what's popular when it exists in place of what they wish were popular. I do have a particular hatred for Justin Bieber and Twilight, but it's largely because they are so transient. They're the tween version of Ni Hao, Kai-Lan*: You will almost certainly outgrow it, and when you do those content creators will almost certainly never have anything to offer you ever again. So to me the whole thing just looks like a money sink that could be better directed into providing long-term content creators for young girls during and after those formative years.

*I have no qualms with Ni Hao, Kai-Lan, just an example.

OT: My personal feeling on the Great PewDiePie Debate aside, I don't think anyone, least of all himself, sees him as anything other than an entertainer. He's a pretty average guy, so he's a reasonable barometer, but I don't think anyone is looking at him thinking that his content is a reasonable substitute for critique.